ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 12
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 12
(Or: How to Ruin Your Life 24 Frames at a Time)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE ART SCHOOL DREAMS GO TO DIE 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Expose the art school scam.
✅ Teach you what actually matters.
✅ Prepare you for the painful reality of frame-by-frame animation.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I had to suffer through my first bouncing ball animation, at least you’ll know what you’re in for.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you enjoy spending 10 hours animating something no one will notice.)
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LESSON 12: ANIMATION BASICS – HOW TO RUIN YOUR LIFE 24 FRAMES AT A TIME
(Or: Why Animators Look Dead Inside After the First Week of Class)
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🎨 CONGRATULATIONS! TODAY, YOU WILL LEARN THE ART OF MOVING PICTURES.
You walk into class, thinking:
🚨 “Animation is just drawing cool characters, right?” 🚨
Your professor smiles ominously.
🚨 “Let’s start with a bouncing ball.” 🚨
What follows is a soul-crushing experience that will break you down as a person.
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🔥 THE HARSH REALITY OF ANIMATION BASICS
Animation seems fun until you realize:
💀 It’s not about drawing—it’s about drawing the same thing slightly differently, forever.
💀 One second of animation = at least 24 individual drawings.
💀 Even the simplest movement requires an ungodly amount of planning.
At some point, every animation student asks:
🚨 “Why did I choose this?” 🚨
The answer? Too late. You’re trapped now.
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🔥 THE 12 PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATION (THAT YOU WILL IGNORE AT FIRST AND THEN REGRET LATER)
Created by Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, these principles are the laws of motion that separate good animation from “why does this look like hot garbage?”
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🚨 1. SQUASH & STRETCH – WHY THINGS SHOULDN’T LOOK STIFF
• Objects shouldn’t move like rigid statues.
• Everything deforms based on weight and impact.
• Even a bowling ball stretches a little at high speed.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Make your characters feel alive by exaggerating movement.
✅ Give weight to objects when they hit the ground.
✅ Use sparingly—unless you want your character to look like rubber.
🚨 COMMON FAIL:
❌ A bouncing ball that looks like a rock rolling downhill instead of bouncing.
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🚨 2. ANTICIPATION – HOW TO MAKE MOVEMENT LOOK NATURAL
• Before an action happens, the character must prepare for it.
• Example: A pitcher doesn’t just throw a baseball—they wind up first.
• Without anticipation, movements feel robotic and unnatural.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Make characters lean back before jumping forward.
✅ Show a split-second buildup before a punch, kick, or sudden movement.
✅ Even subtle actions (like blinking) have micro-anticipations.
🚨 COMMON FAIL:
❌ A character jumps without bending their knees first. (Congratulations, you animated a superhero with no physics.)
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🚨 3. SLOW IN, SLOW OUT – WHY MOVEMENT LOOKS WEIRD WHEN IT’S TOO LINEAR
• Nothing in nature moves at a constant speed.
• Objects start slow, speed up, then slow down again.
• Example: A car doesn’t instantly go 60 mph—it accelerates.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Ease into and out of movements for a natural look.
✅ Use more frames at the start and end of an action.
✅ If your animation feels stiff, check if it’s missing easing.
🚨 COMMON FAIL:
❌ A character moves at the same speed from start to finish, like a haunted animatronic.
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🚨 4. ARCS – HOW TO AVOID ROBOTIC MOVEMENT
• Most movement happens in arcs, not straight lines.
• The human body moves in curves, not stiff angles.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Animate arms, legs, and heads following natural arcs.
✅ Even inanimate objects (like swinging doors) follow arcs.
✅ Use arcs to make movement feel fluid, not mechanical.
🚨 COMMON FAIL:
❌ A character’s arm moves straight from Point A to Point B with no curve. (Welcome to discount motion capture.)
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🚨 5. FOLLOW-THROUGH & OVERLAPPING ACTION – WHY NOTHING STOPS INSTANTLY
• When something moves, not all parts stop at the same time.
• Example: If a dog runs, its ears keep moving slightly after it stops.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Hair, clothing, and accessories should react naturally.
✅ If a character turns suddenly, their ponytail or cape should follow slightly after.
🚨 COMMON FAIL:
❌ A character stops moving, but their hair and clothes are frozen in place like plastic.
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🚨 6. SECONDARY ACTION – WHY DETAILS MATTER
• Little extra movements make animation feel alive.
• Example: A character sighing and slumping their shoulders slightly.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Think about what body language adds to the main movement.
✅ Use secondary motion to emphasize emotions.
🚨 COMMON FAIL:
❌ A character runs but their hair and hands stay stiff like an action figure.
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THE OTHER SIX PRINCIPLES (THAT YOU’LL ALSO IGNORE UNTIL YOU REALIZE THEY MATTER):
🚨 7. Timing – How fast or slow things move.
🚨 8. Exaggeration – Pushing movement beyond realism for appeal.
🚨 9. Solid Drawing – Making sure things don’t look flat.
🚨 10. Appeal – Making sure characters don’t look generic or creepy.
🚨 11. Straight Ahead vs. Pose to Pose – Two different approaches to animating.
🚨 12. Staging – Directing attention where it needs to be.
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🔥 HOW TO SURVIVE ANIMATION WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SANITY
1️⃣ Start simple.
• If you can’t animate a bouncing ball, you’re not ready for a full fight scene.
2️⃣ Use references.
• Real-world movement is the best teacher.
3️⃣ Don’t over-animate.
• Not everything needs to move all the time.
4️⃣ Be ready to suffer.
• Animation is pain. Accept it.
🚨 THE SECRET: If you make it past your first five animations, you’re officially unhinged enough to be an animator. 🚨
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: ANIMATION IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHTMARE
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Animation is fun… for the first 10 minutes.
💀 Then it becomes a test of endurance.
🚀 If you stick with it, though, you’ll have the power to bring anything to life.
And if all else fails, just make stick figure flipbooks like a lunatic.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 13 – The Animator’s Survival Kit: Why You’ll Never Escape Richard Williams’ Ghost
💬 Drop a comment: What was your first animation disaster? 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 11
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 11
(Or: How to Spend $3,000 on a Career You Haven’t Started)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE WE EXPOSE ART SCHOOL SCAMS 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Rip apart the biggest art school lies.
✅ Teach you what actually matters.
✅ Help you avoid spending your entire life savings on a tablet you don’t need.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I had to suffer through Wacom’s customer service, at least you’ll know what you’re getting into.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you enjoy watching influencers convince you that a $4,000 Cintiq will fix your bad anatomy.)
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LESSON 11: TABLETS & DIGITAL TOOLS – HOW TO SPEND $3,000 ON A CAREER YOU HAVEN’T STARTED
(Or: Why You Probably Don’t Need a Cintiq, but You’ll Buy One Anyway.)
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🎨 CONGRATULATIONS! TODAY, YOU WILL LEARN THE DIGITAL ART TRAP.
At some point, every aspiring digital artist asks the same question:
🚨 “What’s the best tablet for drawing?” 🚨
A normal person might expect a simple answer.
🚨 THERE IS NO SIMPLE ANSWER. WELCOME TO THE CHAOS. 🚨
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🔥 THE BIG TABLET LIE: “EXPENSIVE GEAR MAKES YOU A BETTER ARTIST”
Art schools love to act like the right equipment is the secret to success.
🚨 IT IS NOT. 🚨
Here’s what actually happens:
💀 A beginner buys a $3,000 tablet.
💀 They assume it will fix their bad drawings.
💀 They realize they still can’t draw.
💀 They cry.
🚨 The truth: If you can’t draw well on paper, a $3,000 tablet won’t help. 🚨
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🔥 BREAKING DOWN THE DIGITAL ART TOOL OPTIONS
Because you WILL end up spending money on this, no matter what.
🚨 1. SCREENLESS TABLETS (Wacom Intuos, Huion Inspiroy, XP-Pen Deco)
💰 Price Range: $50 – $400
🎯 Good for: Beginners, budget artists, people who don’t mind looking at a separate screen.
🔥 Pros:
✅ Affordable.
✅ Great for building skills without breaking the bank.
✅ Lasts forever unless you throw it out of a window.
🔥 Cons:
❌ Hand-eye coordination is weird at first.
❌ Wacom drivers will randomly stop working for no reason.
🚨 WHO SHOULD GET THIS?
• If you’re just starting out and don’t want to sell an organ to afford a tablet.
• If you want a solid, reliable tablet that does the job without frills.
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🚨 2. DISPLAY TABLETS (Wacom Cintiq, Huion Kamvas, XP-Pen Artist Pro, Gaomon PD)
💰 Price Range: $250 – $4,000
🎯 Good for: Artists who hate looking at a separate screen, people who want a “paper-like” feel.
🔥 Pros:
✅ Feels natural, like drawing on paper.
✅ More intuitive for beginners.
✅ Flexing on people who don’t have one.
🔥 Cons:
❌ Expensive as hell.
❌ Heavy, awkward, and takes up space.
❌ Wacom pens cost more than your rent.
🚨 WHO SHOULD GET THIS?
• If you already know you want to do digital art for a living.
• If you want the closest thing to traditional drawing in a digital format.
• If you enjoy spending your entire paycheck on fancy electronics.
🚨 WHO SHOULD AVOID THIS?
• If you just started drawing yesterday.
• If you think a fancy screen will fix your art.
• If you aren’t ready to deal with the absolute nightmare of drivers crashing mid-project.
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🚨 3. ALL-IN-ONE TABLETS (iPad Pro, Microsoft Surface, Samsung Galaxy Tab)
💰 Price Range: $400 – $2,000
🎯 Good for: Artists who like portability, people who don’t want to be chained to a desk.
🔥 Pros:
✅ Draw anywhere, anytime.
✅ Great for professionals who travel a lot.
✅ Built-in apps like Procreate are game-changers.
🔥 Cons:
❌ Some apps have limited features compared to PC software.
❌ If you drop it, you might die inside.
❌ Apple will release a new one every year just to mock you.
🚨 WHO SHOULD GET THIS?
• If you travel a lot and want to sketch on the go.
• If you love Procreate and don’t need full Photoshop.
• If you prefer touchscreen over buttons and dials.
🚨 WHO SHOULD AVOID THIS?
• If you need industry-standard software like Toon Boom or ZBrush.
• If you hate paying for Apple products.
• If you don’t want to drop $1,000 on a machine you can’t upgrade.
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🔥 THE BIGGEST DIGITAL ART TRAPS TO AVOID
🚨 TRAP #1: “IF I BUY THIS, I’LL DRAW MORE.”
💀 No, you won’t. The motivation to draw comes from YOU, not the tool.
🚨 TRAP #2: “I NEED THE MOST EXPENSIVE TABLET TO BE A PRO.”
💀 Plenty of pros still use old Wacom tablets from 2007.
🚨 TRAP #3: “BRAND LOYALTY MATTERS.”
💀 It doesn’t. Wacom, Huion, XP-Pen, Apple—just pick what works for you.
🚨 TRAP #4: “I NEED A MILLION SHORTCUT BUTTONS.”
💀 You will use three of them. Maybe four if you’re feeling fancy.
🚨 TRAP #5: “A BETTER TABLET WILL FIX MY ART.”
💀 No. Practice will.
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🔥 HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT DIGITAL ART TOOL (WITHOUT GOING BROKE)
1️⃣ Figure out what you actually need.
• Just starting out? Go screenless.
• Want something portable? Go iPad or Surface.
• Want a professional setup? Go Cintiq or Kamvas.
2️⃣ Don’t buy hype.
• Just because your favorite artist uses a Cintiq doesn’t mean you need one.
3️⃣ Set a budget and stick to it.
• Expensive tools don’t guarantee better art.
🚨 THE SECRET: The best tablet is the one you’ll actually use. 🚨
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: A TABLET IS JUST A TOOL, NOT A MAGIC WAND
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Your art will not improve just because you spent more money.
💀 Your skills matter more than your hardware.
🚀 If you practice consistently, you can make amazing art on literally ANYTHING.
And if all else fails, just use pen and paper like an absolute madman.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 12 – Animation Basics: How to Ruin Your Life 24 Frames at a Time
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the worst tablet purchase mistake you’ve ever made? 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 10
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 10
(Or: How to Trick People Into Thinking You’re a Genius)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE WE TEACH YOU THE THINGS ART SCHOOL MAKES OVERLY COMPLICATED 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Destroy the biggest art school myths.
✅ Teach you what actually matters.
✅ Show you how to use visual tricks to make people think your art is more impressive than it actually is.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I had to write a ten-page essay on “visual semiotics,” you should at least get something useful out of my suffering.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you enjoy making art that nobody understands.)
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LESSON 10: THE PRINCIPLES OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION – HOW TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO THINKING YOU’RE A GENIUS
(Or: Why a Well-Placed Circle Can Make You Look Like a Design God)
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🎨 CONGRATULATIONS! TODAY, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO SPEAK WITHOUT WORDS.
Your professor walks in and says:
🚨 “Visual communication is the foundation of all great design.” 🚨
You think:
“Oh cool, we’re learning how to make our art clear and effective.”
🚨 NOPE. WELCOME TO A FOUR-HOUR LECTURE ABOUT THE GESTALT THEORY. 🚨
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🔥 WHAT ART SCHOOL TEACHES YOU ABOUT VISUAL COMMUNICATION
💀 “People perceive objects as part of a greater whole.”
💀 “The mind instinctively organizes shapes into patterns.”
💀 “Negative space can be just as important as the subject.”
That’s all technically true—but also completely useless if you don’t know how to apply it.
Let’s skip the theory jargon and get to the actual useful stuff.
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🔥 THE SEVEN CORE PRINCIPLES OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION (THAT ACTUALLY MATTER)
🚨 1. HIERARCHY – WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE NOTICE FIRST?
• People read images like they read text—left to right, top to bottom.
• Bigger objects = more important.
• Brighter colors = more attention.
• Faces will always steal focus from everything else.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Make the most important thing the biggest or brightest.
✅ If you want someone to look at something first, make sure nothing else is competing with it.
✅ If your composition looks confusing, check if your hierarchy makes sense.
🚨 HIERARCHY FAIL EXAMPLE:
❌ A movie poster where the main character is tiny, but the sidekick’s face is enormous.
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🚨 2. CONTRAST – MAKE YOUR ART POP (WITHOUT OVERDOING IT)
• Contrast = difference. Light vs. dark. Big vs. small. Warm vs. cool.
• If everything stands out, nothing stands out.
• Low contrast = soft, subtle, calm.
• High contrast = bold, energetic, intense.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Want drama? Use high contrast.
✅ Want something soothing? Use low contrast.
✅ Make sure your subject and background have enough contrast so people can actually SEE what you drew.
🚨 CONTRAST FAIL EXAMPLE:
❌ A dark character on a dark background with no lighting to separate them.
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🚨 3. BALANCE – HOW TO STOP YOUR ART FROM LOOKING AWKWARD
• Symmetrical balance = formal, stable, professional.
• Asymmetrical balance = dynamic, interesting, and natural.
• Every element in your design should “weigh” something. If one side is too heavy, the whole thing feels off.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ If something feels “off,” try mirroring the weight on both sides.
✅ Use asymmetry for movement and energy.
✅ Don’t let all your details clump into one area while the rest feels empty.
🚨 BALANCE FAIL EXAMPLE:
❌ A character’s face is detailed, but their body is an empty void of nothingness.
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🚨 4. ALIGNMENT – WHY THINGS THAT “FEEL OFF” USUALLY ARE
• The human brain likes order.
• Things that are slightly off will subconsciously bother people.
• Random placement = messy, unprofessional, and confusing.
• Good alignment = clean, clear, and confident.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Keep things lined up. Margins exist for a reason.
✅ Make sure your text and elements follow a grid (even an invisible one).
✅ If you’re placing elements randomly, make sure they look intentional.
🚨 ALIGNMENT FAIL EXAMPLE:
❌ A title that’s just slightly off-center.
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🚨 5. REPETITION – WHY GOOD DESIGN HAS PATTERNS
• Repeating elements create consistency.
• Too much variety = visual chaos.
• Smart repetition = makes your work look polished and professional.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Keep fonts, colors, and styles consistent.
✅ Use repeating shapes or patterns to unify your composition.
✅ Don’t introduce 15 different fonts in one design.
🚨 REPETITION FAIL EXAMPLE:
❌ A website where every section uses a different font, color, and layout.
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🚨 6. NEGATIVE SPACE – THE POWER OF “NOTHING”
• Empty space is just as important as filled space.
• Cluttered compositions = overwhelming and hard to read.
• Negative space guides the eye and creates focus.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Don’t be afraid of empty space—it makes your design stronger.
✅ Use space to highlight what’s important.
✅ Make sure your art isn’t so crowded that people don’t know where to look.
🚨 NEGATIVE SPACE FAIL EXAMPLE:
❌ A comic panel where the speech bubbles cover all the characters’ faces.
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🚨 7. FLOW – HOW TO GUIDE THE EYE THROUGH YOUR ART
• Good design controls how people look at it.
• Leading lines = invisible pathways that direct focus.
• If there’s no clear direction, people don’t know what to look at.
🔥 HOW TO USE THIS:
✅ Use lines, shapes, and composition to guide the eye naturally.
✅ Make sure the most important thing is the easiest to find.
✅ If your viewer has to “work” to figure out what’s happening, you’ve lost them.
🚨 FLOW FAIL EXAMPLE:
❌ A comic panel where the speech bubbles are in a random order, making the dialogue impossible to follow.
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: VISUAL COMMUNICATION IS JUST STRATEGIC CHEATING
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Good art isn’t just about looking nice—it’s about clarity.
💀 If your art is confusing, people won’t engage with it.
🚀 If you use these principles well, you can make even simple work look professional.
And if all else fails:
🚨 “WHEN IN DOUBT, ADD MORE NEGATIVE SPACE.” 🚨
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs 👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 11 – Tablets & Digital Tools: How to Spend $3,000 on a Career You Haven’t Started
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the biggest visual design mistake you’ve ever made? 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 9
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 9
(Or: Why Red Makes You Hungry and Blue Makes You Sad)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE ART SCHOOL GETS EXPOSED 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Rip apart the biggest art school myths.
✅ Teach you how to actually use this stuff.
✅ Reveal that color isn’t just about looking pretty—it’s about brainwashing people.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I had to learn why yellow makes people anxious, at least you can use that information for evil.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you enjoy making unintentional horror posters when you just wanted a happy color palette.)
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LESSON 9: COLOR PSYCHOLOGY – HOW TO MANIPULATE THE HUMAN BRAIN WITH A CRAYON
(Or: Why Every Fast Food Logo Is Red and Yellow)
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🎨 CONGRATULATIONS! TODAY, YOU WILL LEARN HOW COLORS CONTROL HUMAN EMOTIONS.
You walk into class, expecting a simple lesson on color choices.
Your professor instead says:
🚨 “Color is POWER. It affects emotions. It can influence behavior.” 🚨
Wait.
🚨 IS THIS WITCHCRAFT? 🚨
Yes. Yes, it is.
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🔥 HOW COLOR AFFECTS THE HUMAN BRAIN (A.K.A. HOW TO SUBCONSCIOUSLY CONTROL PEOPLE)
🚨 RED: THE COLOR OF POWER, HUNGER, AND IMMINENT DANGER
• 🚀 Increases heart rate (makes people feel urgency).
• 🍔 Triggers hunger (why every fast food brand uses it).
• 🔥 Associated with passion and aggression (perfect for “BUY NOW” buttons and war propaganda).
• 🚨 Warning color (blood, stop signs, emergency alerts).
Use red if:
✅ You want to make people hungry.
✅ You want to grab attention instantly.
✅ You need a villain to look intimidating without even doing anything.
🚨 DON’T use red if:
❌ You’re designing a calming spa menu.
❌ You don’t want people to feel stressed.
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🚨 BLUE: THE COLOR OF TRUST, SADNESS, AND TECH COMPANIES
• ☁️ Creates a sense of calm (why social media apps use it—so you stay longer).
• 🏦 Symbolizes trust (why banks and corporations love it).
• 😭 Linked to sadness (why it’s called “feeling blue”).
• 💻 The default “tech” color (because nobody trusts a neon pink banking app).
Use blue if:
✅ You want people to trust your brand.
✅ You need a serious, professional look.
✅ You’re making a sad, atmospheric movie about lost dreams.
🚨 DON’T use blue if:
❌ You’re designing a restaurant logo. (Blue suppresses appetite—when’s the last time you saw a blue burger joint?)
❌ You want something to feel warm and exciting.
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🚨 YELLOW: THE COLOR OF HAPPINESS, WARNING SIGNS, AND EXISTENTIAL DREAD
• ☀️ Associated with joy and optimism (sunshine, smiley faces, happiness).
• ⚠️ Also used for danger warnings (caution tape, hazard signs).
• 🤯 Can create anxiety in large amounts (why too much yellow feels “off”).
• 🍟 Paired with red to trigger hunger (McDonald’s mind control at work).
Use yellow if:
✅ You want something to feel energetic and happy.
✅ You need a warning label that people actually notice.
✅ You’re making a children’s show.
🚨 DON’T use yellow if:
❌ You’re designing a serious business logo.
❌ You don’t want to accidentally create a panic response.
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🚨 GREEN: THE COLOR OF NATURE, MONEY, AND SUSPICIOUS SLIME
• 🌿 Associated with health and the environment (why every “organic” brand is green).
• 💵 Symbolizes wealth and success (money is green in the U.S.).
• 🤢 Can feel sickly and gross (why animated monsters and toxic sludge are usually green).
Use green if:
✅ You want something to feel healthy and natural.
✅ You’re designing a financial product.
✅ You need a gross, slimy villain color.
🚨 DON’T use green if:
❌ You don’t want people to associate it with sickness.
❌ You’re designing a luxury brand (green doesn’t scream “expensive”).
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🚨 PURPLE: THE COLOR OF ROYALTY, MYSTICISM, AND QUESTIONABLE ENERGY DRINKS
• 👑 Historically tied to wealth and royalty (because purple dye used to be expensive).
• 🔮 Associated with mystery and magic (fantasy books, psychic readings, spooky cartoons).
• 🍇 Can feel artificial and unnatural (there are very few naturally purple foods).
Use purple if:
✅ You want something to feel luxurious or mystical.
✅ You’re designing a fantasy or sci-fi aesthetic.
✅ You’re making a villain look elegant but dangerous.
🚨 DON’T use purple if:
❌ You want something to feel down-to-earth or relatable.
❌ You’re designing a food brand (purple makes people skeptical).
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🚨 BLACK & WHITE: THE CHEAT CODE COLORS
• 🕶️ Black = power, elegance, and mystery.
• ⚪ White = purity, simplicity, and peace.
• 🏁 Used in high-contrast design (why every luxury brand keeps it simple).
• 🔥 Black and white together = instant drama.
Use black and white if:
✅ You want something to feel classy and timeless.
✅ You need high contrast for maximum impact.
✅ You’re designing a minimalist brand.
🚨 DON’T use only black and white if:
❌ You want something to feel warm and friendly.
❌ You’re designing a kid’s show (unless it’s Tim Burton).
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🔥 HOW TO USE COLOR PSYCHOLOGY TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE (FOR FUN & PROFIT)
1️⃣ Match colors to emotions.
• Want excitement? Use red and yellow.
• Need calm? Use blue and green.
• Designing a horror movie? Add unsettling purples and sickly greens.
2️⃣ Use color contrast to grab attention.
• High-contrast colors make things pop.
• Low contrast feels softer and more relaxing.
3️⃣ Don’t just copy what you see—think about why it works.
• Every successful color scheme is doing something to your brain.
4️⃣ Experiment with unexpected color choices.
• Want something unique? Break the rules—but do it intentionally.
🚨 THE SECRET: If you understand color psychology, you can control how people FEEL before they even know why. 🚨
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: COLOR IS MIND CONTROL, USE IT WISELY
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Color affects people way more than they realize.
💀 The best designers and animators use this to their advantage.
🚀 If you master color psychology, your art will have WAY more impact.
And if all else fails, just do what most companies do:
🚨 “WHEN IN DOUBT, MAKE IT BLUE.” 🚨
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 10 – The Principles of Visual Communication: How to Trick People Into Thinking You’re a Genius
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the weirdest color trick you’ve noticed in branding or animation? 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 8
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 8
(Or: Why Mixing Paint for the First Time Is a Traumatic Experience)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE ART SCHOOL’S WORST LIES GET EXPOSED 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Expose the art school scam.
✅ Teach you the stuff that actually matters.
✅ Prepare you for the existential breakdown that is learning color theory.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I had to cry over the difference between warm and cool grays, you will benefit from my suffering.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you enjoy making every character you draw look like an awkward Sims model.)
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LESSON 8: COLOR THEORY – HOW TO EMOTIONALLY DESTROY YOURSELF WITH A RAINBOW
(Or: Why Art School Will Make You Afraid of the Color Wheel)
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🎨 CONGRATULATIONS! TODAY, YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT COLOR.
Your professor walks in and draws a big, beautiful color wheel on the board.
🚨 “Color is simple,” they say. 🚨
🚨 They are lying. 🚨
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🔥 COLOR THEORY: A BREAKDOWN IN THREE STAGES OF GRIEF
STAGE 1: THE LIES THEY TELL YOU IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Back in kindergarten, you learned that:
✅ Red + Blue = Purple
✅ Blue + Yellow = Green
✅ Red + Yellow = Orange
🚨 THIS WAS A LIE. 🚨
You excitedly grab your paint set and try to mix purple…
…and it turns into mud.
You add more red.
More mud.
You add blue.
🚨 Somehow, EVEN MORE MUD. 🚨
Welcome to the nightmare of color mixing.
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STAGE 2: THE “ADVANCED” COLOR THEORY DECEPTION
Art school takes this already confusing mess and makes it so much worse.
Instead of teaching you practical color use, they hit you with:
🎨 “Split-complementary schemes.”
🎨 “Tetradic harmonies.”
🎨 “Triadic palettes.”
You nod like you understand.
You don’t.
🚨 You are drowning in color theory jargon, and you are too afraid to ask for help. 🚨
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STAGE 3: REALITY PUNCHES YOU IN THE FACE
At some point, you realize:
💀 There are no “true primary colors.”
💀 Digital color mixing is not the same as traditional.
💀 CMYK, RGB, and RYB are three different color models, and none of them agree on anything.
💀 The way light and pigment interact is basically dark magic.
Your professor tells you: “Color is subjective.”
YOU WANT TO SCREAM.
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🔥 COMMON COLOR THEORY FAILS (AND HOW TO FIX THEM)
🚨 FAIL #1: “WHY DO MY COLORS LOOK SO DULL?”
🛠️ FIX: You’re over-mixing. Try layering colors instead of blending everything into mud.
🚨 FAIL #2: “MY SHADOWS LOOK DIRTY.”
🛠️ FIX: Shadows aren’t just black—try using cool colors like blues and purples instead.
🚨 FAIL #3: “WHY DO MY SKIN TONES LOOK LIKE ZOMBIES?”
🛠️ FIX: Skin is not just one color. Use warm and cool variations to make it look alive.
🚨 FAIL #4: “WHY DOES MY ART LOOK FLAT?”
🛠️ FIX: Add contrasting warm and cool tones to create depth.
🚨 FAIL #5: “WHY DOES THIS WORK FOR OTHER ARTISTS BUT NOT ME?”
🛠️ FIX: Because you haven’t done 10,000 color studies yet.
🚨 FAIL #6: “WHAT THE HELL IS COLOR TEMPERATURE?”
🛠️ FIX: Warm colors (reds, oranges, yellows) advance. Cool colors (blues, greens, purples) recede. It’s the law.
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🔥 WHAT ART SCHOOL WON’T TELL YOU ABOUT COLOR
🚨 COLOR THEORY IS NOT A MATH FORMULA. 🚨
• There are no exact “right” colors for any situation.
• Great artists break the rules constantly.
• The best way to understand color is to EXPERIMENT.
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🔥 HOW TO ACTUALLY MASTER COLOR THEORY (WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SANITY)
1️⃣ Study real life, not just color wheels.
• Look at how light actually affects colors.
• Observe the world, not just art school textbooks.
2️⃣ Use limited palettes at first.
• Too many colors = chaos.
• Learn to create variety with just a few hues.
3️⃣ Learn warm vs. cool contrast.
• Shadows and highlights look best when they contrast in temperature.
4️⃣ Steal from the masters.
• Analyze great painters and animators.
• Borrow their color choices and see why they work.
5️⃣ Break the rules.
• Once you understand color basics, start experimenting.
• Some of the best color schemes completely ignore traditional rules.
🚨 THE SECRET: Color theory is not about memorizing formulas. It’s about training your eye. 🚨
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: COLOR THEORY IS A NIGHTMARE, BUT IT’S WORTH IT
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Mixing colors will always be chaotic.
💀 Understanding color takes time and practice.
🚀 If you experiment enough, you’ll stop second-guessing your choices.
And if all else fails, just do what half the industry does:
🚨 SLAP ON A GRADIENT AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. 🚨
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs 👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 9 – Color Psychology: How to Manipulate the Human Brain with a Crayon
(Or: Why Red Makes You Hungry and Blue Makes You Sad.)
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the biggest color disaster you’ve ever had?
(Or, tell me what color you irrationally hate using!) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 7
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 7
(Or: Why Every Art Student Ends Up Crying Over One-Point Perspective)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE WE TEACH YOU THE STUFF ART SCHOOL MAKES WAY TOO COMPLICATED 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Expose the art school scam.
✅ Teach you what actually matters.
✅ Prepare you for the absolute nightmare that is perspective drawing.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I had to suffer through drawing perfect cubes for three months, at least you’ll learn something from it.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you enjoy struggling to draw a simple box.)
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LESSON 7: PERSPECTIVE – HOW TO PRETEND YOU UNDERSTAND 3D SPACE (UNTIL SOMEONE ASKS YOU TO DRAW A CAR)
(Or: Why This One Topic Has Made Generations of Artists Question Their Life Choices)
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🎨 CONGRATULATIONS! TODAY, YOU WILL LEARN THE DARK ART OF PERSPECTIVE DRAWING.
Your professor slaps a ruler and a T-square onto the desk and says,
🚨 “Welcome to perspective drawing.” 🚨
You, foolishly optimistic, think: “Oh, this can’t be that hard.”
HAHAHAHAHA. NO.
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🔥 PERSPECTIVE DRAWING: A NIGHTMARE IN THREE ACTS
ACT 1: ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE – THE BEGINNING OF THE END
• You draw a simple box.
• You extend the lines toward a vanishing point.
• You add shading.
• You feel like a genius.
• Your professor says, “Good! Now do the same thing with a city street.”
OH NO.
🚨 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT:
• You realize you have no idea how to space buildings correctly.
• Your road looks like a Slip ‘N Slide into the abyss.
• Everything warps like a Salvador Dalí painting.
• You erase the whole thing and start questioning your career.
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ACT 2: TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE – TWICE THE VANISHING POINTS, TWICE THE PAIN
• Your professor says, “Now let’s add a second vanishing point.”
• More lines. More rulers. More suffering.
• Your cubes look like they’re melting.
• Your vertical lines are tilting for some reason.
• Your drawing turns into a disaster movie in real time.
🚨 THE TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE EXPERIENCE:
• Your first attempt looks like a 3D glitch.
• Your second attempt is somehow worse.
• Your professor walks by, nods silently, and moves on.
• You stare at your paper, contemplating your entire existence.
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ACT 3: THREE-POINT PERSPECTIVE – ABSOLUTE MADNESS
• Your professor, grinning like a villain, says:
🚨 “Now let’s do three-point perspective.” 🚨
• You laugh nervously. They are not joking.
• A third vanishing point is added.
• Your cubes start collapsing in on themselves.
• Your paper looks like an Escher nightmare.
• Your soul exits your body.
🚨 THE THREE-POINT PERSPECTIVE EXPERIENCE:
• Every line is going in a different direction.
• Your brain physically rejects the concept.
• You look at the person next to you and they are WEEPING.
• Your professor says, “This is how skyscrapers are drawn.”
• You vow to never draw architecture again.
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🔥 COMMON PERSPECTIVE DRAWING FAILS (AND HOW TO FIX THEM)
🚨 FAIL #1: “WHY DO MY LINES LOOK LIKE A CUBIST NIGHTMARE?”
🛠️ FIX: Use a ruler. Trust me. Freehand perspective is an Olympic-level skill.
🚨 FAIL #2: “MY BUILDINGS ARE WARPED LIKE A FUNHOUSE MIRROR.”
🛠️ FIX: Check your vanishing points. If they’re too close, the distortion increases.
🚨 FAIL #3: “MY CUBES LOOK LIKE THEY’RE COLLAPSING IN ON THEMSELVES.”
🛠️ FIX: Make sure your vertical lines are actually vertical. They shouldn’t lean.
🚨 FAIL #4: “WHY DOES EVERYONE ELSE GET THIS BUT ME?”
🛠️ FIX: THEY DON’T. We are all suffering together. It just takes time.
🚨 FAIL #5: “I’M NEVER DRAWING A CITYSCAPE AGAIN.”
🛠️ FIX: That’s fair. Just become a character artist and avoid backgrounds forever.
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🔥 THE ART SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE LIE
Art school will make you suffer through perspective drawing. But here’s what they don’t tell you:
🚨 PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS CHEAT. 🚨
✅ They use digital grids.
✅ They trace over 3D models.
✅ They copy real-life reference.
✅ They don’t freehand skyscrapers like insane people.
If you’re struggling, don’t worry—everyone does.
And if you see someone drawing perfect perspective lines freehand, congratulations! You’ve found a robot.
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🔥 HOW TO ACTUALLY GET GOOD AT PERSPECTIVE DRAWING
1️⃣ Start with simple cubes. Master those before you move to buildings.
2️⃣ Always check your vanishing points. If they’re too close, your drawing will warp.
3️⃣ Use perspective grids. No shame. Pros use them constantly.
4️⃣ Copy from real life. Perspective makes more sense when you see it in action.
5️⃣ Don’t be afraid to trace 3D models. Animation studios do this all the time.
🚨 THE SECRET: Perspective is NOT about memorizing rules—it’s about understanding how things exist in space.
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: PERSPECTIVE SUCKS, BUT IT’S WORTH IT
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Perspective drawing is hard for everyone at first.
💀 No one “just gets it” instantly.
🚀 If you practice consistently, it WILL click eventually.
And if all else fails, just become a character artist and let someone else draw the backgrounds.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs 👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 8 – Color Theory: How to Emotionally Destroy Yourself with a Rainbow
(Or: Why Mixing Paint for the First Time Is a Traumatic Experience.)
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the worst perspective drawing experience you’ve had?
(Or, tell me how long it took before perspective finally made sense for you!) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 6
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 6
(Or: Why Every Figure Drawing Session Attracts One Creepy Old Guy)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE WE TEACH YOU WHAT ART SCHOOL WON’T 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Expose the art school scam.
✅ Teach you the things that actually matter.
✅ Prepare you for the existential horror that is gesture drawing.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I had to suffer, at least you’ll learn something from it.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you want to keep drawing like an awkward middle school anime phase forever.)
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LESSON 6: GESTURE DRAWING – HOW TO DRAW A HUMAN IN 30 SECONDS OR HAVE A MENTAL BREAKDOWN TRYING
(Or: Why You’ll Never Look at a Naked Person the Same Way Again)
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🎨 CONGRATULATIONS! TODAY, YOU WILL LEARN THE ART OF GESTURE DRAWING.
You walk into class, ready to finally learn how to draw people.
Your professor is smiling ominously.
Your classmates are already defeated.
At the front of the room is a naked stranger who is way too comfortable.
🚨 WELCOME TO YOUR FIRST FIGURE DRAWING CLASS. 🚨
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🔥 THE HORROR OF GESTURE DRAWING: A BREAKDOWN
STEP 1: THE FIRST 30-SECOND POSE – PURE CHAOS
Your professor yells, “GO!”
• You panic.
• You stare at the model.
• You forget what a human looks like.
• Your hand betrays you.
• You finish with a scribble that looks like a broken stick figure.
• The professor yells, “NEXT POSE!”
Repeat this process until your soul leaves your body.
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STEP 2: THE REALIZATION – “I CAN’T DRAW”
At this point, your entire self-esteem implodes.
🚨 THOUGHTS THAT WILL HAUNT YOU DURING GESTURE DRAWING:
• “Wait… I thought I was good at drawing?”
• “Why do all my figures look like melted spaghetti?”
• “Have I been lied to my entire life?”
• “How is that guy next to me drawing full-on masterpieces in 30 seconds?”
• “Is that a TEAR running down my cheek?”
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE HIT THE ART SCHOOL BREAKING POINT.
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STEP 3: THE OLD GUY IN THE CORNER (HE’S ALWAYS THERE.)
🚨 WARNING: Every figure drawing class has at least ONE of the following:
✅ The student who only draws anime faces on realistic bodies.
✅ The perfectionist having a full mental breakdown in the back.
✅ The overachiever drawing every muscle like they work for Marvel.
✅ The person who refuses to make eye contact with the model out of fear.
✅ THE CREEPY OLD GUY WHO IS WAY TOO INTO THIS.
💀 WHO IS THIS MAN?! WHY IS HE HERE?! HE DOESN’T EVEN GO TO THIS SCHOOL! 💀
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🔥 THE PURPOSE OF GESTURE DRAWING (OTHER THAN TO BREAK YOUR SPIRIT)
THE LIE ART PROFESSORS TELL YOU:
🖌️ “Gesture drawing is about capturing the essence of movement.”
🎨 “It’s about expression, not accuracy.”
👨🏫 “It’s okay if it looks bad—it’s part of the learning process.”
THE TRUTH ART STUDENTS LEARN IMMEDIATELY:
🚨 You will feel like you forgot how to draw.
🚨 You will question your entire existence.
🚨 You will make lines that look like they were drawn by a malfunctioning robot.
BUT… if you survive the suffering, something magical happens:
✅ Your figures get more fluid.
✅ Your drawings stop looking stiff.
✅ You start understanding form, motion, and anatomy like never before.
GESTURE DRAWING IS ART BOOT CAMP. IF YOU GET THROUGH IT, YOU GET STRONGER.
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🔥 COMMON GESTURE DRAWING FAILS (AND HOW TO FIX THEM)
🚨 FAIL #1: “WHY DOES EVERYTHING LOOK LIKE A STICK FIGURE?”
🛠️ FIX: Loosen up. Use big, sweeping strokes. Stop worrying about details.
🚨 FAIL #2: “MY DRAWINGS LOOK LIKE A PILE OF SPAGHETTI.”
🛠️ FIX: Focus on the flow of the spine. Build from the center outward.
🚨 FAIL #3: “WHY DO MY FIGURES LOOK LIKE THEY’RE HAVING A SEIZURE?”
🛠️ FIX: Slow down just enough to make clear decisions. The goal isn’t speed—it’s efficiency.
🚨 FAIL #4: “I’M SO BAD AT THIS, I WANT TO QUIT ART FOREVER.”
🛠️ FIX: EVERYONE sucks at gesture drawing at first. Every pro was bad at it too.
🚨 FAIL #5: “WHY DOES THAT OTHER STUDENT MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY?”
🛠️ FIX: Because they’ve been doing it longer than you. You’ll get there.
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🔥 HOW TO MASTER GESTURE DRAWING WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND
1️⃣ DON’T OVERTHINK IT.
• The goal is NOT perfection. The goal is movement and rhythm.
2️⃣ START WITH THE SPINE.
• The body follows the spine. Get that right, and the rest is easier.
3️⃣ USE BIG, CONFIDENT STROKES.
• No scratchy, timid lines. Commit.
4️⃣ PRACTICE DAILY (EVEN FOR 5 MINUTES).
• 10 quick drawings a day will improve you faster than a single 3-hour study.
5️⃣ ACCEPT THAT IT WILL LOOK BAD AT FIRST.
• EVERYONE’S gesture drawings look bad in the beginning. The goal is progress, not perfection.
🚨 GESTURE DRAWING IS PAINFUL. BUT IT WORKS. 🚨
If you stick with it, you’ll start drawing figures with energy and confidence.
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: EMBRACE THE SUCK. GET BETTER ANYWAY.
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Gesture drawing will make you feel like you can’t draw.
💀 That feeling is part of the process.
🚀 If you push through it, your figures will improve faster than you ever thought possible.
And yes. There will always be a creepy old guy in the corner.
Nobody knows why. He just… is.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 7 – Perspective: How to Pretend You Understand 3D Space (Until Someone Asks You to Draw a Car)
(Or: Why Every Art Student Ends Up Crying Over One-Point Perspective.)
💬 Drop a comment: What’s your worst figure drawing experience?
(Or, tell me how long it took before gesture drawing made sense to you!) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 5
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 5
(Or: How to Strategically Attach Yourself to Future Success Like a Parasite)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE WE TEACH YOU THE TRICKS ART SCHOOL WON’T 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Expose the art school scam.
✅ Give you the actual secrets to surviving in the industry.
✅ Teach you that networking is less about talent and more about clinging to the right people like a desperate barnacle.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I have to suffer, you might as well learn something from it.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you’d rather let your career die before it starts.)
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LESSON 5: NETWORKING – HOW TO BEFRIEND THE ONE STUDENT WHO WILL ACTUALLY GET FAMOUS
(Or: Why Talent Matters Less Than Knowing the Right People)
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🎨 SO, YOU WANT A CAREER IN ART? GOOD NEWS: TALENT IS OVERRATED.
If you think getting hired is all about “being the best artist,” I have some bad news:
🚨 The industry doesn’t work that way. 🚨
Instead, it works like this:
💀 80% of jobs come from who you know.
💀 15% come from being decent enough at what you do.
💀 5% are handed out by blind luck.
And the first group is where the real magic happens.
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🔥 HOW NETWORKING ACTUALLY WORKS (IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
Art schools love to use the word “networking,” but they never tell you what it actually means.
WHAT YOU THINK NETWORKING IS:
✅ Going to industry events.
✅ Talking to big-name professionals.
✅ Handing out business cards like a corporate try-hard.
✅ Cold-emailing recruiters with a perfectly crafted portfolio.
WHAT NETWORKING ACTUALLY IS:
🚨 Befriending your classmates (because one of them will “make it” and drag you along).
🚨 Casually hanging out with the right people until one of them gets a job and remembers you exist.
🚨 Becoming the “cool, reliable” person that people want to work with.
🚨 Getting hired by someone you met three years ago at a bar because they vaguely remember you as “that fun guy who animates.”
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🔥 HOW TO FIND “THE CHOSEN ONE” (A.K.A. THE FUTURE SUCCESS STORY IN YOUR CLASS)
In every art school, there is one student who is destined for greatness.
Your job? Find them. Stick to them. Never let go.
🚨 HOW TO IDENTIFY THE FUTURE SUCCESS STORY:
✅ They’re already working on real projects while in school.
✅ They have a work ethic that makes everyone else look lazy.
✅ They never complain about assignments because they’re too busy grinding.
✅ They somehow already have industry contacts, and nobody knows how.
✅ They talk about animation jobs the way normal students talk about drinking.
💀 WARNING: If you can’t find them, it might not be that there isn’t one—it might just mean IT’S NOT YOU. 💀
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🔥 HOW TO STRATEGICALLY ATTACH YOURSELF TO FUTURE SUCCESS
So you found the chosen one. Now what?
You need to latch onto them like a remora fish on a great white shark.
🚨 HOW TO BECOME INDISPENSABLE TO SOMEONE WHO WILL BE FAMOUS:
✅ Be useful. Offer skills they don’t have. If they animate, offer to do backgrounds. If they write, offer to storyboard.
✅ Be reliable. Always follow through. No flakes allowed.
✅ Be fun to work with. People don’t hire “the best.” They hire people they like.
✅ Help them with their personal projects. When they get big, they’ll remember you.
✅ Stay in their orbit. You don’t have to be best friends, but you do have to exist in their mental Rolodex.
🚨 DON’T BE A CLINGY WEIRDO. This isn’t about stalking. It’s about being a valuable part of their creative circle.
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🔥 HOW TO BUILD YOUR NETWORK WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL
Not every artist is lucky enough to sit next to a future Disney director in class.
If you don’t have “The Chosen One” in your immediate circle, here’s what you do:
1️⃣ Be a consistent presence in art communities.
• Online or in-person, show up, comment, contribute.
• People remember who shows up regularly.
2️⃣ Don’t just “network” with famous people—connect with people at your level.
• Everyone tries to befriend industry legends.
• Instead, befriend the up-and-coming artists who are at your stage.
• They will be the ones hiring in a few years.
3️⃣ Work on group projects (even unpaid ones, sometimes).
• Not all free work is bad.
• A small, passionate project with other talented nobodies can lead to real industry connections.
4️⃣ Help people without expecting something back immediately.
• Be someone who supports others.
• The best way to get people in your corner? Be in theirs first.
5️⃣ Be a fun person to work with.
• 🚨 THE INDUSTRY SECRET: People would rather work with a “good enough” artist who is fun than a “flawless” artist who is an unbearable nightmare.
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🔥 HOW NOT TO NETWORK (AKA: DON’T BE THAT GUY)
🚨 COMMON NETWORKING FAILS THAT WILL GET YOU BLACKLISTED:
❌ Only talking to people when you need something.
❌ Name-dropping to look important.
❌ Forcing your business card on people like a telemarketer.
❌ Thinking “networking” means “asking for jobs” (it doesn’t).
❌ Being an arrogant jerk who thinks they’re above collaboration.
Networking is not about “collecting people.”
It’s about building relationships that naturally lead to opportunities.
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: NETWORKING IS JUST MAKING FRIENDS, BUT STRATEGICALLY
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Success in art is 50% skill and 50% who you know.
💀 Your classmates are your real network.
🚀 If you’re likable, reliable, and helpful, people will remember you when they get their big break.
If you only focus on getting better at art but ignore who you’re meeting along the way, you’re missing half the game.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 6 – Gesture Drawing: How to Draw a Human in 30 Seconds or Have a Mental Breakdown Trying
(Or: Why Every Figure Drawing Session Attracts One Creepy Old Guy.)
💬 Drop a comment: Who was “The Chosen One” in YOUR class?
(Or, tell me the weirdest industry networking story you’ve ever heard!) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 4
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 4
(Or: Why Every Art Student’s First Style Is Just a Glen Keane Knockoff)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE WE BURN ART SCHOOL TO THE GROUND 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Expose the art school scam.
✅ Teach you things that actually matter.
✅ Remind you that “finding your style” is the biggest scam they sell you.
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because if I have to suffer, I’m dragging everyone with me.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you want to keep believing that “style” is something professors can teach you.)
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LESSON 4: THE GREAT LIE OF “FINDING YOUR STYLE”
(Or: Why Your First 500 Drawings Are Just Bootleg Disney Characters)
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🔥 THE MYTH: “YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR STYLE”
Art professors love to tell students:
🖌️ “Develop your own unique artistic voice.”
🎨 “Style is what makes an artist stand out.”
🤔 “What’s YOUR aesthetic?”
What they don’t tell you?
🚨 You already HAVE a style. It’s just buried under years of self-doubt. 🚨
Also, half the time, they’ll just punish you for having one anyway.
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🔥 WHAT “FINDING YOUR STYLE” REALLY MEANS
1️⃣ You start by copying everything you love.
2️⃣ You spend years imitating Glen Keane, Hayao Miyazaki, and whatever anime you watched last week.
3️⃣ You feel guilty because your art “isn’t original enough.”
4️⃣ One day, you realize no one is actually original, and every artist is just a mix of their influences.
5️⃣ BOOM. YOU HAVE A STYLE.
That’s it. That’s the process. Nobody tells you this because art school profits off your confusion.
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🔥 THE FOUR STAGES OF “STYLE DEVELOPMENT”
STAGE 1: THE GUILTY PLAGIARIST (aka: “Wait, this looks too much like X”)
• You copy every artist you admire.
• You start drawing Disney characters but give them emo hair.
• Your professor says, “I see your influences, but what’s YOUR voice?”
• You feel like a fraud.
🚨 REALITY CHECK: Every artist starts here. You are NOT a fraud. You are absorbing influences, and that’s GOOD.
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STAGE 2: THE FORCED EXPERIMENTATION PHASE (aka: “Professors Made Me Do This”)
• You panic and try to be different for the sake of being different.
• You draw with your non-dominant hand to “break free.”
• You try cubism, surrealism, and drawing with a chicken feather dipped in ink.
• Your professor acts impressed but still hates everything you do.
🚨 REALITY CHECK: Trying new things is great, but forcing yourself to be “different” when you don’t even know what you like yet is a waste of time.
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STAGE 3: THE “SCREW IT, I’M JUST GONNA DRAW” MOMENT (aka: “Wait… I actually like this?”)
• You stop thinking about “finding a style” and just make stuff.
• You absorb your influences, but now they blend naturally.
• You stop worrying about what’s “unique” and start worrying about what’s “fun.”
• Your work starts to feel like YOU.
🚨 REALITY CHECK: This is when style actually happens. The second you stop forcing it and just make stuff, your influences mix together and become “your style.”
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STAGE 4: ACCEPTANCE – YOU HAVE A STYLE (BUT YOU KEEP EVOLVING)
• You realize style isn’t a destination—it’s a process.
• Your work keeps changing.
• You experiment for fun, not because you feel like you have to.
• You finally understand that “finding your style” was never the point—getting better was.
🚨 REALITY CHECK: If someone tells you they have a “finished” style, they’re lying. Every pro artist keeps evolving. That’s the whole point.
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🔥 WHY ART SCHOOL DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS
If art schools admitted that style isn’t something you “find” but something that naturally evolves,
💰 They wouldn’t be able to sell you four years of confusion.
Instead, they’ll:
• Act like “style” is something that must be discovered through deep suffering.
• Punish you for imitating other artists (even though that’s literally how every artist learns).
• Confuse you into thinking you need them to “find your voice.”
🚨 YOU DON’T. YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP MAKING ART.
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🔥 HOW TO “FIND” YOUR STYLE (THE ACTUAL WAY, NOT THE ART SCHOOL SCAM WAY)
1️⃣ Absorb influences. Copy artists you admire. Everyone does it. The greats did it. Do it.
2️⃣ Keep drawing. The more you make, the more your natural tendencies will appear.
3️⃣ Let it happen naturally. Stop forcing it. Your “style” is just the sum of your influences + your own taste.
4️⃣ Remember: NO ONE is “original.” Every artist is just remixing things they love.
5️⃣ Style is a process, not a goal. It will keep evolving forever.
🚨 That’s it. That’s the secret. 🚨
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: STOP WORRYING ABOUT STYLE, JUST MAKE STUFF
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Style is not something you “find.” It’s something that happens while you work.
💀 You don’t need permission to draw like yourself.
🚀 The only way to develop a style? KEEP MAKING ART.
Don’t let art school sell you a lie. Just make the things you love, and your style will find you.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs 👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 5 – Networking: How To Befriend the One Student Who Will Actually Get Famous
(Or: How to Strategically Attach Yourself to Future Success Like a Parasite.)
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the worst “style” phase you ever went through?
(Or, who was the first artist you copied when you started drawing?) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 3
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 3
(Or: How to Nod Like You Understand While Your Soul Leaves Your Body)
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🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE ART SCHOOL FEELINGS GO TO DIE 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Tell the brutal truth about art school.
✅ Actually teach you things that matter.
✅ Emotionally prepare you for the horror of hearing someone say, “I just feel like this lacks intention.”
I wasted six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because revenge is best served with a side of brutal honesty.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you enjoy having your soul crushed by critique sessions.)
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LESSON 3: YOUR FIRST CRITIQUE – PUBLIC HUMILIATION DISGUISED AS “FEEDBACK”
(Or: That Moment When You Realize Art Professors Don’t Actually Like Art)
🎨 CONGRATULATIONS! YOU FINISHED YOUR FIRST PROJECT!
You have spent 30 hours straight working on your piece.
You are proud of it.
You are excited.
You think, “Maybe I won’t get roasted alive!”
🚨 WRONG. 🚨
Welcome to Critique Day. The psychological battleground where your professor and classmates will systematically dismantle your artistic self-esteem in the name of “growth.”
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🔥 THE CRITIQUE PROCESS: A HORROR STORY IN FOUR ACTS
🎭 ACT 1: THE BUILD-UP – PURE DREAD
• You arrive to class, clutching your work like it’s a newborn baby.
• The professor says, “Alright, let’s begin.”
• Your heart rate triples.
• Someone pulls out a project that looks like Michelangelo himself painted it.
• You reconsider every decision you’ve ever made.
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🎭 ACT 2: THE SACRIFICIAL OFFERING
The first student walks up to present their work.
• It’s a stick figure.
• It’s titled “Emotional Reflection on the Void.”
• The professor immediately starts crying.
• Someone in the back whispers, “Incredible.”
Meanwhile, your highly detailed, well-thought-out work is waiting its turn, shaking like a prisoner on death row.
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🎭 ACT 3: YOUR TURN – THE OBLITERATION
• You place your work on the wall.
• Everyone stares at it in dead silence.
• The professor approaches, rubbing their chin like they’re trying to decipher ancient hieroglyphics.
• You hear a classmate mutter, “Interesting use of negative space,” even though there is none.
Then, the first comment drops:
🎤 “I feel like this lacks intention.”
🚨 THIS IS CODE FOR “I DON’T LIKE IT, BUT I’M GOING TO SOUND SMART ABOUT IT.” 🚨
Other critique classics include:
💀 “It’s too finished.” (Wait, what?)
💀 “It’s a little too on-the-nose.” (What does that even mean?)
💀 “I just don’t know what you’re trying to say.” (IT’S A STILL LIFE OF A BANANA, KAREN.)
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🎭 ACT 4: THE MINDLESS NODDING ESCAPE PLAN
At this point, you have two choices:
1️⃣ Defend yourself and get into an existential debate with your professor.
2️⃣ Smile, nod, and pretend you understand while disassociating.
🚨 99% of students choose Option 2. 🚨
You nod aggressively, taking fake notes while thinking:
📝 “I have no idea what they’re talking about.”
📝 “I swear if one more person says ‘lacks intentionality’ I’m going to throw my sketchbook into the sun.”
📝 “I am never showing my art to another human being again.”
When it’s finally over, you mutter “Thanks for the feedback” like a broken robot and return to your seat.
Congratulations. You survived your first critique.
But at what cost?
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🔥 BREAKDOWN: THE FIVE TYPES OF ART SCHOOL CRITIQUES
1️⃣ The Fake Intellectual
🚨 Uses big words to sound smart, even if they make no sense.
💀 “This piece explores the liminal space between form and formlessness.”
💀 “I just feel like you need to interrogate the emotional undercurrents more.”
💀 “What’s the semiotic intent behind this composition?”
Translation: They don’t know what they’re saying either.
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2️⃣ The Human Fortune Cookie
🚨 Only speaks in vague, “deep” one-liners.
💀 “Art is a journey.”
💀 “What is ‘good,’ really?”
💀 “This piece makes me feel… something.”
Translation: They have no actual feedback but want to sound profound.
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3️⃣ The Brutal Assassin
🚨 Will obliterate your soul without blinking.
💀 “This doesn’t work.”
💀 “I don’t see the point of this piece.”
💀 “Have you considered starting over?”
Translation: They haven’t slept in three days and they’re taking it out on you.
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4️⃣ The “I Like It” Guy
🚨 Has no real critique, just vibes.
💀 “I think it’s cool.”
💀 “Nice colors.”
💀 “I don’t know, I just like it.”
Translation: They didn’t do the assignment and are trying to blend in.
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5️⃣ The Professor Who Says Nothing Useful
🚨 Gives feedback so vague it might as well be fortune-teller advice.
💀 “I think there’s something here, but I want you to push it further.”
💀 “This is a great start, but what if it was… more?”
💀 “What do you think it’s missing?”
Translation: They don’t know. They’re stalling.
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🔥 HOW TO SURVIVE ART SCHOOL CRITIQUES WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SOUL
Rule #1: Never Take Anything Personally
• Half the time, people don’t even know what they’re saying.
• The professor just wants to sound wise.
• Smile, nod, and filter out the nonsense.
Rule #2: Learn the Art of Pretend Understanding
• Nod knowingly, even if you have no idea what they mean.
• Say “I see what you’re saying” while taking fake notes.
• Escape as quickly as possible.
Rule #3: Remember That Critiques Are NOT the Final Word
• Not all feedback is useful.
• Sometimes, your professor is just wrong.
• At the end of the day, make the art YOU want to make.
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: CRITIQUES ARE A SCAM, KEEP DRAWING ANYWAY
Here’s the truth:
🎨 Every great artist has been told their work “lacks intention.”
💀 Most critiques are just empty jargon.
🚀 The best way to improve? Keep making art.
You survived your first critique. Now go make something anyway.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 4 – The Great Lie of “Finding Your Style”
(Or: Why Every Art Student’s First Style Is Just a Glen Keane Knockoff.)
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the WORST critique you’ve ever gotten?
(Or, what’s the most meaningless feedback you’ve heard?) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 2
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 2
(Or: Why You Just Bought a $200 Ruler You’ll Never Use)
🔥 WELCOME BACK TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE WE BURN ART SCHOOL TO THE GROUND 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Tell the brutal truth about art school.
✅ Teach you real skills while aggressively roasting the system.
✅ Make sure you never waste money on a “professional-grade” sketchbook again.
I spent six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because I am a financially irresponsible idiot who wants revenge.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you want to keep getting scammed by overpriced art supply lists.)
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LESSON 2: THE SUPPLY LIST SCAM – HOW TO BANKRUPT A STUDENT BEFORE THEY EVEN START
(Or: Why That “Required” Paint Set Will Sit in Your Closet Until the End of Time)
🎨 Welcome to art school, where the first lesson isn’t about drawing—it’s about losing all your money.
Before you even step foot into the glorious halls of overpriced education, your professor hands you The Supply List.
A long, intimidating, soul-crushing document filled with:
🚨 Brand-name-only materials that must be purchased from a single, expensive store.
🚨 $20 erasers. (Yes. Twenty-dollar. Erasers.)
🚨 A required easel that you will use exactly one time.
🚨 A sketchbook so expensive you’ll be afraid to draw in it.
🚨 A box of oil paints—even though you’re a digital artist.
Congratulations. You’re now broke. And you haven’t even drawn anything yet.
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🔥 THE ART SUPPLY PYRAMID SCHEME
You might be thinking: “But these must be the best materials, right?”
🚨 NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. 🚨
The art supply list is a carefully crafted, professor-approved financial scam designed to:
1️⃣ Make sure you buy unnecessary, overpriced materials.
2️⃣ Send all your money to a specific art store that mysteriously funds your school.
3️⃣ Teach you NOTHING about actually being a working artist.
Because guess what?
🖌️ Professional artists don’t use most of this stuff.
🛒 They use whatever they can afford.
💀 And half the time, they’re still using the same $2 pencil they had in middle school.
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🚨 BREAKDOWN: THE BIGGEST SUPPLY LIST SCAMS 🚨
Let’s take a look at some of the most ridiculous things art schools will force you to buy.
1️⃣ The “Professional-Grade” Sketchbook That You’re Afraid to Use
• Cost: $60-$100
• Description: “A high-quality, archival, acid-free sketchbook with hand-stitched Italian paper made by the souls of ancient monks.”
• Reality: You WILL NOT DRAW IN IT. Ever.
• Why? Because it’s too expensive.
• What the pros actually use? A $5 spiral notebook from Walmart.
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2️⃣ The $200 Ruler
• Cost: More than your dignity.
• Description: “A precision-crafted, architect-approved, laser-etched steel ruler.”
• Reality: It’s just a ruler.
• What the pros actually use? A free one they stole from their high school.
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3️⃣ The “Required” Paint Set (Even If You’re a Digital Artist)
• Cost: $250-$500
• Description: “A full range of oil paints, including rare pigments that haven’t been legal since 1893.”
• Reality: You will use exactly one tube before the entire set rots in your closet.
• What the pros actually use? Whichever brand is cheapest that day.
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4️⃣ The $20 Eraser
• Cost: Your soul.
• Description: “An imported kneaded eraser that absorbs mistakes and self-doubt.”
• Reality: It’s an eraser. You will lose it immediately.
• What the pros actually use? A free one they stole from a bank.
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5️⃣ The $75 “Precision” Mechanical Pencil
• Cost: A week’s worth of groceries.
• Description: “A German-engineered mechanical pencil with ergonomic grip and adjustable weight balance.”
• Reality: It writes exactly the same as the $1 one from Target.
• What the pros actually use? Whatever pen is closest when inspiration strikes.
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🔥 HOW TO SURVIVE THE SUPPLY LIST SCAM
So, how do you avoid going bankrupt before your first class?
🚨 IGNORE THE PROFESSOR’S LIST. 🚨
Instead, follow these three rules:
✅ Rule #1: Buy Cheap Until You Know What You Need
• Don’t buy the $300 sketchbook.
• Buy a $5 sketchbook and actually use it.
• Professors won’t check, because they don’t care.
✅ Rule #2: Borrow, Steal, or Barter
• Ask upperclassmen if they have extra supplies they never used.
• Find out which materials you can use for free in the school’s supply room.
• Befriend the one student who has everything and trade snacks for supplies.
✅ Rule #3: Use What Professionals Actually Use
• Ask working artists what they actually use.
• 90% of the time, it’s cheap, reliable, and available at a normal store.
• Use that. Ignore everything else.
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🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS: DON’T LET ART SCHOOL ROB YOU BLIND
Here’s the truth:
🖌️ Great artists are not made by expensive supplies.
💀 No one is hiring you based on whether you used a $300 or a $3 paintbrush.
🎨 The best way to learn? Just start drawing. With whatever you have. Right now.
Let art school scam other people. Not you.
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 Next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 3 – Your First Critique: Public Humiliation Disguised as “Feedback”
(Or: How to Nod Like You Understand While Your Soul Leaves Your Body.)
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the most RIDICULOUS art supply you’ve ever been forced to buy?
(Or, what’s the dumbest thing you wasted money on in art school?) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 1
ANIMATION ANARCHY: THE ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE – LESSON 1
(Or: How You Just Paid Six Figures to Draw Fruit in Charcoal for a Year)
🔥 WELCOME TO ANIMATION ANARCHY – WHERE ART EDUCATION GETS BURNED TO THE GROUND 🔥
This is Animation Anarchy. The blog where we:
✅ Tell the truth about the animation industry.
✅ Roast every sacred cow of art education.
✅ Actually teach you useful stuff (but in a way that makes you question your life choices).
I spent six figures on an art education, and now I’m giving it all away for free—because I am a generous, unhinged idiot.
🚨 SUBSCRIBE TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs
(Unless you want to keep getting scammed by the art school industrial complex.)
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LESSON 1: WELCOME TO ART SCHOOL! HERE’S WHY YOU’VE ALREADY MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE
(Or: The Most Expensive Way to Feel Like a Failure in Your First Year)
🎨 CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE MADE A HORRIBLE LIFE CHOICE!
You have entered the magical, whimsical, completely financially devastating world of art school.
You love to draw. You have a dream. You want to be the next big-name animator, illustrator, or creative genius.
But first, art school.
Because you need a degree, right?
🚨 WRONG. 🚨
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🔥 WELCOME TO ART SCHOOL – WHERE YOUR DREAMS GO TO DIE (OR AT LEAST, GET SEVERELY BRUISED)
WHAT YOU EXPECTED FROM ART SCHOOL:
✅ World-class education from industry professionals.
✅ State-of-the-art resources to unlock your creative potential.
✅ A clear path to success in animation, illustration, or fine arts.
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY GET:
🚨 A $200 textbook that says “just draw what you feel.”
🚨 A professor who hasn’t worked in the industry since before Photoshop existed.
🚨 Your classmates judging you while drawing anime wolves in the corner.
🚨 Endless critique sessions where someone says, “This lacks intention” and you nod like you understand.
🚨 A portfolio review where they tell you to “experiment more” and then hate everything you experiment with.
Oh, and you are now in debt.
Because you just took out a loan to pay for a “figure drawing” class where you sketch naked people for three hours in silence while your professor eats yogurt in the corner.
WELCOME TO THE MOST EXPENSIVE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OF YOUR LIFE.
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💀 MYTH: “YOU NEED ART SCHOOL TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST”
Let’s break this down:
✅ THINGS ART SCHOOL GIVES YOU:
• A crippling amount of debt.
• A classmate who will actually become famous (it won’t be you).
• A professor who still talks about their “upcoming” graphic novel from 1998.
• Trauma.
🚫 THINGS ART SCHOOL DOES NOT GIVE YOU:
• A job.
• A guarantee of success.
• Actual structured learning.
• A way to explain to your parents why you spent $100K to draw cartoons.
But wait, what about “connections”?!
Sure, if by “connections,” you mean you’ll spend four years watching your classmates copy Glen Keane and hoping one of them gets hired at Disney.
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🔥 THE ART SCHOOL EXPERIENCE: A STEP-BY-STEP BREAKDOWN 🔥
Step 1: Pay an Unholy Amount of Money
• Congratulations! You just signed up for financial ruin.
• Your parents are proud but also visibly nervous.
• Your roommate is already 500% better at drawing than you.
• You have purchased the official “$300 Required Sketchbook” (that you’re too afraid to draw in).
Step 2: The First Assignment – “Draw What You Feel”
• You turn in a well-rendered portrait that took 10 hours.
• The professor says it “lacks emotional depth.”
• The student next to you turns in a stick figure holding a balloon.
• The professor cries and calls it genius.
Step 3: Your First Critique – Public Humiliation Disguised as “Feedback”
• Everyone circles around your work like vultures.
• You watch your soul leave your body as a classmate says, “I think this lacks form.”
• The professor stares at it for five full minutes in silence.
• Someone brings up “the use of negative space” even though there isn’t any.
Step 4: The Great Portfolio Panic
• You realize half your classmates are industry plants and already have internships.
• You start panicking because your portfolio is just 12 sketchy anime drawings and an unfinished painting of a sad clown.
• The professor tells you to “develop your own voice.”
• You ask how.
• The professor stares into the void for 30 seconds and says nothing.
Step 5: Graduation – The Crushing Realization That No One Cares About Your Degree
• You walk across the stage.
• You get your diploma.
• You immediately open your laptop to look up “freelance commissions” while your parents hug you.
• Your student loans activate like a Final Boss Battle.
• Your first job offer is for $10 an hour to draw corporate mascots for a pet food company.
Congratulations.
You now understand why every successful artist on the internet says “just practice” instead of “go to art school.”
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🚨 THE SOLUTION: JUST WATCH THIS SERIES INSTEAD.
I wasted six figures so you don’t have to.
🔥 The next lesson drops soon!
🔥 Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss it:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs👈
💀 COMING NEXT: Lesson 2 – The Supply List Scam: How to Bankrupt a Student Before They Even Start
(Or: Why You Just Bought a $200 Ruler That You’ll Never Use.)
💬 Drop a comment: What’s the WORST art school scam you’ve seen?
(Or, what’s your most traumatic critique session experience?) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.
🔥 ANNOUNCEMENT: THE ANIMATION ANARCHY ART COLLEGE CRASH COURSE 🔥
(Or: How I Wasted Six Figures on Art School So You Don’t Have To!)
🚨 ATTENTION, BROKE AND TRAUMATIZED ARTISTS. 🚨
Are you tired of elite art institutions gatekeeping knowledge while setting your wallet on fire?
Have you spent $100K just to be told your art “lacks intentionality”?
Do you lie awake at night, haunted by the phrase “What’s your creative process?”
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
🎨 Welcome to the Animation Anarchy Art College Crash Course! 🎨
💀 30 brutal, hilarious, painfully accurate lessons that actually teach you what you need to know—WITHOUT THE SOUL-CRUSHING DEBT. 💀
👉 Best of all? It’s FREE. Because I already wasted six figures, so you don’t have to.
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🔥 THE COURSE OUTLINE: 30 LESSONS OF PURE CHAOS 🔥
(Because art school may be a scam, but knowledge is still power. Let’s use it for evil.)
🛑 PART 1-5: WHY ART SCHOOL IS A BAD DECISION AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD
🎓 1. Welcome to Art School! Here’s Why You’ve Already Made a Terrible Mistake
📜 2. The Supply List Scam: How to Bankrupt a Student Before They Even Start
🎭 3. Your First Critique: Public Humiliation Disguised as “Feedback”
🎨 4. The Great Lie of “Finding Your Style” (AKA: Why Your Professors Will Still Hate It)
🤝 5. Networking: How To Befriend the One Student Who Will Actually Get Famous (and Ride Their Coattails Like a Parasite)
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🖌️ PART 6-10: DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS (AKA: THE SH*T YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FOR FREE)
🖍️ 6. Gesture Drawing: How to Draw a Human in 30 Seconds or Have a Mental Breakdown Trying
📏 7. Perspective: How to Pretend You Understand 3D Space (Until Someone Asks You to Draw a Car)
🎨 8. Color Theory: How to Emotionally Destroy Yourself with a Rainbow
🧠 9.5. Color Psychology: How to Manipulate the Human Brain with a Crayon
📢 10.5. Principles of Visual Communication: How to Trick People into Thinking You’re a Genius
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🎬 PART 11-15: DIGITAL ART & ANIMATION (A.K.A. “WELCOME TO THE VOID”)
💻 11. Tablets & Digital Tools: How to Spend $3,000 on a Career You Haven’t Started
🎞️ 12. Animation Basics: How to Ruin Your Life 24 Frames at a Time
🎭 13. Character Design: The Art of Making a Protagonist You Won’t Hate in 5 Years
📝 14. Storyboarding: How to Make a Comic That Moves (or at Least Looks Like It Tried)
🏡 15. Backgrounds & Layouts: How to Avoid Drawing Trees by Using “Stylistic Choices”
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💰 PART 16-20: THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD (AKA: “THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED, GOOD LUCK.”)
🎨 16. Portfolios: How to Trick People Into Hiring You Without Selling Your Soul (Mostly)
👩💻 17. Freelancing: How to Work 80 Hours a Week and Still Be Poor
🤡 18. Clients: How to Survive Their Insane Requests Without Losing Your Mind
🏭 19. Studio Jobs: How to Be Underpaid in a Creative Sweatshop with “Cool Culture”
📱 20. Social Media & Art: How to Sell Your Soul for Clout
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🧠 PART 21-30: THE FINAL LESSONS (A.K.A. “OH GOD, NOW WHAT?”)
🛑 21. Imposter Syndrome: The Artist’s Best Friend
🎭 22. Art Block: How to Work Even When Your Soul Has Left Your Body
🛍️ 23. Your First Convention Table: A Financial Disaster Waiting to Happen
🎨 24. Fan Art vs. Original Art: Why Nobody Cares About Your OC and How to Fix That
📺 25. Animation vs. Illustration: The Divorce That Split the Industry
💾 26. AI Art & NFTs: How the Industry Found New Ways to Ruin Us
💀 27. Burnout: Why Every Artist Eventually Snaps
🎩 28. “Making It” in Art: The Biggest Lie Ever Told
📝 29. Final Exam: There Is No Exam. The Real Exam Is Life.
🎭 30. The Truth: You Didn’t Need Art School. You Needed This.
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💀 THIS IS THE COURSE ART SCHOOL DOESN’T WANT YOU TO HAVE 💀
🔥 I paid six figures, so you don’t have to.
🔥 First lesson drops SOON.
🔥 It’s going to be brutal.
🔥 It’s going to be hilarious.
🔥 It’s going to actually teach you more than an overpriced art degree ever could.
🔴 SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW.
👉 www.youtube.com/@mrbraylabs 👈
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💬 SOUND OFF: WHICH LESSON ARE YOU MOST EXCITED FOR?
(Or, which one already gave you an art school PTSD flashback?) 🎨💀😂
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🚨 ANIMATION ANARCHY STARTS NOW. 🚨
🚀 The revolution will not be graded.